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Megaradialocrinus granuliferus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Hexacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Platycrinus granuliferus was named by Roemer (1843).

It was recombined as Hexacrinus granulifer by Sandberger and Sandberger (1856); it was recombined as Hexacrinites granuliferus by Bohatý (2008); it was recombined as Megaradialocrinus granuliferus by Bohatý (2010), Webster and Webster (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Platycrinus granuliferus Roemer p. 63 figs. pl. 3 fig. 4
1856Hexacrinus granulifer Sandberger and Sandberger p. 397 figs. pl. 35 f. 9
1889Hexacrinus microglyphicus Whidborne p. 79
1889Hexacrinus vicarii Whidborne p. 79
2008Hexacrinites granuliferus Bohatý p. 13 figs. 3a-d
2010Megaradialocrinus granuliferus Bohatý p. 31
2012Megaradialocrinus granuliferus Webster and Webster p. 1461

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyHexacrinitaceaWachsmuth and Springer 1885
familyHexacrinitidae(Wachsmuth and Springer 1885)
genusMegaradialocrinusChen and Yao 1993
speciesgranuliferus(Roemer 1843)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Hexacrinites microglyphicus Whidborne 1889 [synonym], Hexacrinites vicarii Whidborne 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Givetian or 383.40000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Hexacrinus granulifer (275563)